Once again, you are taking a grey area and trying to make it black and white. Have you read the comments in here basically saying Pete is above criticism? Because I have. I actually was told that the game plan against Green Bay didn't change from the first half to the second...that Russ just finally started executing.Donn Beach wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:30 pmyou guys can question whatever you feel like questioning, its fine with me, you think my feelings are hurt or something? You convinced me PC can't coach, Sibelius has convinced me that JS hasn't done shit with the draft, so how do they keep making the playoffs?...I guess it must be all RS...how is that a melt down?... just trying to follow the logic here, come on
I even asked the simple question....has anyone of us ever heard the National Narrative after a Playoff Loss by Tom Brady or Peyton Manning be "why the hell don't they let their Franchise Qb play?" I feel it is a valid point. But, what I hear from the Pete Disciples is that those people just don't understand football. So, someone with no dog in the fight mentions it, the guy from the Ringer wrote a very good article about it, a huge Seahawk fan blogged about it, Michael Bumpus and Brock Huard have mentioned it....but non of these people get it?
2 to 22 in the first half. Seriously...let that sink in! Team's coached by Pete Carroll average 2 effing 1st half points in the second round of road games. So, I am told that it is virtually impossible to win on the road...we need to get the bye so the second round is at home. So, I ask the question how can we continue to get beat by the bad teams in our division and expect that to happen. Crickets.
Que the blame game. Injuries, shitty O Line, shitty safeties, no pass rush.
Well, who drafted LJ Collier, Lano Hill (now so bad he dropped two letter off his first name) Tedrick Thompson, Malik McDowell, Trey Flowers and Shaq LB Thompson? Pete runs EVERYTHING. Head Coach and VP of Football Operations. BUT....he gets credit for Super Bowls and playoff appearances, but no blame when they lose Super Bowls and playoff games. How great would that be?
So....before any of you type a response with the Strawman of, yep, Pete sucks, we should fire him. Read it again. Read everything I have posted and find where the words "fire him" or "he sucks".
I simply see this a few ways, and much like I saw the Husky football situation. I felt, even before Coach Pete stepped down, that this team would be better of with Kwitkowski running the defense and Jimmy the HC. Why? Eventually we were going to lose Jimmy, and I felt Jimmy would hire an OC that wasn't brand new and a friend. Lesser of two evils. Lose Jimmy and then Pete retires a few years later and we are sunk.
How is that relative? Well, I feel if Pete is never going to adapt he needs to move upstairs. He is a great motivator, not sure how he couldn't do that as the VP, and he has done a dang fine job of building this roster. Which, is one of the reasons I scoff when people blame the talent for why we can't advance. The other option, and the one I think is less likely (actually, neither of these scenarios will ever happen because Pete's ego won't allow it), is he actually realizes he is a defense guy, hires a young offensive mind and allows them some freedom.
